free-market environmental think tank
Property and Environment Research Center
Industry Environment
A nonprofit think tank promoting free-market environmentalism, property-rights conservation, conservation innovation, and incentive-based stewardship. Property and Environment Research Center scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and ownership is comparatively aligned, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
Why this matters: PERC is the closest comparison case for a coherent non-regulatory environmental stance: not anti-environment, but skeptical of command-and-control environmental policy.
Letter grade B Qualified Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
B - Qualified
The score turns mainly on Extraction; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.
Strengths
- Extraction6/10
- Ownership5/10
- Governance5/10
Penalties
- No penalties applied in this version.
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessExhaustive (AI)
- Linked claims14
- Direct axis claims13
- Coverage13/13
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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5 / 10 |
PERC is a nonprofit environmental-policy think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
PERC publishes organizational and financial materials for a board-governed nonprofit think tank. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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6 / 10 |
PERC directs resources toward research and advocacy rather than investor surplus, though its framework often favors market actors and property owners. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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4 / 7 |
PERC is a professional think tank with ordinary staff agency, not worker ownership. Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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3 / 7 |
PERC environmentalism emphasizes property rights and incentives more than universal public security or redistribution. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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4 / 7 |
PERC works on conservation incentives, but its model often shifts responsibility toward owners and markets rather than collective public obligation. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
PERC favors market-based and property-rights approaches rather than blanket deregulation for pollution. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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4 / 5 |
PERC core output is research and policy advocacy for conservation incentives and property-rights environmentalism. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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4 / 5 |
PERC scale could spread conservation innovation but also narrow environmental politics around market-compatible remedies. Linked evidence
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Penalties
No penalties applied in this version.
Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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2 / 3 |
PERC represents a dissenting environmental-policy tradition within a field often dominated by regulatory advocacy. Linked evidence
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Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
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2 / 3 |
Property and Environment Research Center the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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2 / 3 |
Ordinary users receive unusually fair value, durability, access, or surplus. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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2 / 3 |
Property and Environment Research Center the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 79/100
14 verified linked claims 13 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 13/13 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 15/20
14 verified linked claims
Source quality 12/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
13 direct claims across 13 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
13/13 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1PERC is a nonprofit environmental-policy think tank rather than a shareholder-owned company.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
2PERC publishes organizational and financial materials for a board-governed nonprofit think tank.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
3PERC directs resources toward research and advocacy rather than investor surplus, though its framework often favors market actors and property owners.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
4PERC is a professional think tank with ordinary staff agency, not worker ownership.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
5PERC environmentalism emphasizes property rights and incentives more than universal public security or redistribution.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
6PERC works on conservation incentives, but its model often shifts responsibility toward owners and markets rather than collective public obligation.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
7PERC favors market-based and property-rights approaches rather than blanket deregulation for pollution.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
8PERC core output is research and policy advocacy for conservation incentives and property-rights environmentalism.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
9PERC scale could spread conservation innovation but also narrow environmental politics around market-compatible remedies.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
10PERC represents a dissenting environmental-policy tradition within a field often dominated by regulatory advocacy.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
11Property and Environment Research Center the organization uses rights, courts, public process, or civil-society advocacy to constrain stronger institutions.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
12Property and Environment Research Center the public receives durable environmental, legal, land, or stewardship value without ordinary customer lock-in.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
13Property and Environment Research Center the organization publishes meaningful financial, annual-report, or accountability materials.
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC financialsGeneral web source · 58%
14Property and Environment Research Center's public materials state a mission, values, ownership model, advocacy role, or institutional standpoint plainly enough that this record does not identify penalty-level neutrality theater.
- Property and Environment Research Center official siteGeneral web source · 58%
- PERC aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- PERC researchGeneral web source · 58%
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